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For people who work in hospitality, #restaurantstories is the best place to vent.Back when I worked as a host at a busy Manhattan restaurant, after a long shift, I’d turn to TikTok. My evenings were full of mildly infuriating guest interactions: a couple showing up two hours late and expecting to be seated immediately, someone complaining about the QR codes, and countless individuals asking, “But why can’t I sit at that table instead?” At the time, I had few friends actively working in the hospitality industry who could understand my immediate frustrations with the human race. So instead, I opened...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the new hot topic. We’ve been hearing a lot about the AI creation called ChatGPT. Some “experts” are saying that ChatGPT could be the most significant development since the Gutenberg printing press. Is it true? ChatGPT describes itself as an AI-powered language “trained on a massive amount of text data from the internet” that can “generate human-like text responses to a given prompt. It can answer questions, converse on a variety of topics, and generate creative writing pieces.” Like many of you, I was intrigued by all the hype and decided to check it out for...

If you’re new to the Linux world, you may find yourself overwhelmed by the sheer volume of distros available to you. On the surface, it may look like an endless maze that leads you through a bottomless rabbit hole. However, even the most avid distro hopper has a daily driver they eventually settle on. This guide aims to help you find your new home in Linux while making the experience as enjoyable as possible.Managing Your ExpectationsBefore beginning your journey, you have to know what you want out of your system. This involves finding a balance between how you want to...

Tributes have been paid by 'heartbroken' friends to a TikTok famous mum-of-two who died suddenly after experiencing several months of migraines and 'bouts of illness'Tributes have been paid to a TikTok star who died suddenly after suffering from migraines and "bouts of illness". Jehane Thomas, from Doncaster, died unexpectedly on Friday March 17 at the age of just 30, reports Yorkshire Live. She leaves behind her two sons Isaac, aged three, and her one-year-old Elijah. The mum was well known for sharing her life as a parent on TikTok, where she had over 56.6K followers and 1.2million views on...

Artificial intelligence has developed a treatment for cancer in just 30 days and can predict a patient’s survival rate. In a new study published in the journal Chemical Science, researchers at the University of Toronto along with Insilico Medicine developed a potential treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with an AI drug discovery platform called Pharma.AI. HCC is the most common type of liver cancer and occurs when a tumor grows on the liver, according to Cleveland Clinic. Researchers applied AlphaFold, an AI-powered protein structure database, to Pharma.AI to uncover a novel target — a previously unknown treatment pathway — for...

"Last week, when Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensperger publicly supported ERIC after it was tossed out of Florida, West Virginia, and Missouri, we issued the Raffensperger Challenge."

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Jared Bridegan, a former Microsoft executive and father of four, was gunned down in Florida last year in front of his infant daughter. The hitman responsible for Bridegan's murder not only pleaded guilty Thursday, but also turned on his alleged co-conspirator. Officials indicated that immediately after the hitman entered his guilty plea, a judge signed the arrest warrant for Mario Fernandez Saldana, the new husband of Bridegan's ex-wife. Saldana was taken into custody around 9:35 a.m. without incident. What's the background? Bridegan, 33, was gunned down on Feb. 16, 2022, in the area of Jacksonville Drive and Sanctuary Boulevard in...

ChatGPT, write me a rap song about my Chihuahua from Mexico. ChatGPT: Verse 1: I've got a little Chihuahua, she's from Mexico She's small but mighty, and she's always on the go She's my little partner in crime, my loyal amigo But sometimes I wonder, if we're living in limbo Chorus: My Chihuahua's illegal, but I love her just the same I'll do anything to keep her safe, I'll never let her take the blame We'll keep on running, we'll keep on moving forward My little Chihuahua and me, we'll never be ignored Verse 2: We crossed the border, under...

Today, we announced Microsoft 365 Copilot—your copilot for work. Copilot combines the power of large language models (LLMs) with your data in the Microsoft Graph—your calendar, emails, chats, documents, meetings, and more—and the Microsoft 365 apps to turn your words into the most powerful productivity tool on the planet. And it does so within our existing commitments to data security and privacy in the enterprise. Right now, we spend too much time on the drudgery of work and too little time and energy on the work that ignites our creativity and sparks joy…. Copilot is integrated into Microsoft 365 in...

Users report that read speeds from SSD have dramatically reduced after the newest Windows 11 update (Windows 11 Version 22H2 - KB5023706). While the few reported events were thought to be localized to the ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1 TB SSD, the issue is found to plague other manufacturers and can be fixed after uninstalling the update. Windows 11 update slows SSDs during data transfers; Microsoft aware of the problem The newest Windows 11 update, which has the codename "Moment 2," is downloading to PCs starting today, with updates to quality of life and the integration of the ChatGPT-based Bing...

A few reasons. First, Java was spearheaded by Sun Technologies, not Oracle. Sun was still an independent company at the time. Sun had already yelled at Microsoft for changing the Java implementation in Internet Explorer to make it faster for Windows machines. It ended up killing Java applets completely. My feelings are they weren’t itching for another fight with the huge software giant. Second, they didn’t copy Java’s API. That’s what Google did with Android, and that’s why Oracle is still suing them. Microsoft borrowed a lot of ideas from Java (and C++) for their new language. If you compare...

One of Silicon Valley’s legacy companies is getting rid of a giant piece of real estate. Intel has put its four-building campus in San Jose on the market, as first reported by The Registry. That’s nearly 500,000 square feet of office space for the Santa Clara-based tech company, which has about 8,700 employees in the Bay Area, according to LinkedIn. There is also more than 50,000 square feet of lab space across the buildings. The 24.6-acre site includes parking for more than 800 cars surrounding 101, 121, 131 and 141 Innovation Drive. The Registry, which analyzed a marketing brochure from...

The end of The Canadian Record’s print edition — even if temporary — is another indication of how perilous the news business is for local publishers and the communities they’re a part of. CANADIAN — Thursday arrived as usual in the Texas Panhandle. But a new edition of The Canadian Record, this gritty town’s definitive source of local news for more than 130 years, did not come with it. The green flag that told the townspeople that there was a new edition of the newspaper, usually 28 pages long and full of the words and photos of their neighbors and...

(Last Updated On: March 9, 2023) NATIONAL PI DAY National Pi Day on March 14th recognizes the mathematical constant π. Also known as pi, the first three and most recognized digits are 3.14. The day is celebrated by pi enthusiasts and pie lovers alike! #NationalPiDay Pi is the ratio between the circumference of a circle and its diameter. While the idea of pi has been known for nearly 4000 years, accurately calculating it has been something of slightly more recent mathematical development. By 2000 BC, the Egyptians and Babylonians accurately used the constant to build. Mathematicians such as Archimedes, Fibonacci,...

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., asked during a meeting about the bailout of Silicon Valley Bank whether social media could be censored to prevent misinformation going out that could lead to a bank run, according to reports. Michael Shellenberger, an independent journalist who reports on the Twitter files and has contributed to Fox News reported that Kelly asked the Federal Reserve, Treasury Department and Federal Deposit and Insurance Corp (FDIC) about censorship measures during the meeting on Sunday. Republican House members on the call confirmed with Shellenberger’s publication, Public on Substack, that a Democratic senator asked about censoring social media companies,...

Zohreh Sadeghi had filed a no-contact order against the man who killed her . Ramin Khodakaramrezaei killed Sadeghi and Mohammed Naseri Thursday. He had stalked both of them, texting Naseri up until weeks before the killings. ... A Seattle podcaster and her ex-Google engineer husband who were shot dead by a crazed stalker have been pictured hours after being slain at their $1.6m home. Zohreh Sadeghi, 33, a self-styled 'techie', was shot and killed by .. Ramin Khodakaramrezaei ... Khodakaramrezaei climbed through a window at 2am and shot Sadeghi and her husband, Mohammed Naseri, 35, then himself. Sadeghi's mother was...

Catholic Group Spends Millions on Dating App Data to Out Gay Priests (Cannot be posted, per FR rules)

Confession, I am guilty of a horrendous crime. It is deeply shallow, completely discriminatory, and has left me single for far too long. I hang my head in shame as I confess… the crime is swiping left on short kings. These mighty men of short girth usually stand at around 5'7 (give or take) and are ignored by the masses. Seriously, ask any woman what their deal breakers are when it comes to dating, and the answer (after a few wines) would be men under 6ft tall. Now if you were to go looking for a short man in the...